First report of <em>Baryscapus silvestrii</em> in Calabria, Italy (Chalcidoidea Eulophidae)

Abstract

The eulophid Baryscapus silvestrii Viggiani &amp; Bernardo is reported for the first time in the Calabria region (Southern Italy). Adults of the eulophid emerged in September 2019 from olive fruit fly Bactrocera oleae (Diptera Tephritidae) puparia detected during a survey in an experimental olive groove in Mirto Crosia in Cosenza province.

Testing the Single and Combined Effect of Kaolin and Spinosad against Bactrocera oleae and Its Natural Antagonist Insects in an Organic Olive Grove

“…Specifically, three ectoparasitoids ( Figure 5 ): Eurytoma martellii Domenichini (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea, Eurytomidae) , Prolasioptera berlesiana Paoli (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) and Eupelmus urozonus Dalman (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea, Eupelmidae), and two endoparasitoids ( Figure 6 ): Psyttalia concolor Szépligeti (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) , and Baryscapus sylvestrii Viggiani& Bernardo (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea, Eulophidae), were identified. As regards the latter, it was during this trial that this insect was first observed in Calabria [ 48 ].…”